Non-refillable bottle.



M. KEISLAR.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. 1913.

1,1 62,6 1 5 Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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MOTT KEISLAR,'OF PHULERA, INDIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO VJILLIAM A.FINDLAY,

OF STAN'WOOD, IOWA.

7 Application filed. Gctober 18, 1913.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, Morr KErsLAR, a citizenof the United States, residing at Phuiera, .in the District of Rajputanaand country of India, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has primarily forits object the provision of novel and peculiar means arranged upon theexterior of the bottle neck, whereby the mouth thereof is hermeticallysealed in a manner incapable of opening,

' without breaking or mutilating the bottle to such an extent as to makeany fraudulent refilling thereof apparent.

A still further object of the invention contemplates the provision of ametallic cap adapted to be locked over the bottle closure in a mannerincapable of removal without breaking the same or otherwise mutilatingit to such a degree as to render a second use impossible.

The invention still further resides in the provision of a non-refillablebottle which is simple in construction, reliable and etlicient inoperation. and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the marketat a minimum cost.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings,described in the follow ing specification, and then more particularlypointed out in the claim which is appended hereto and forms a part ofthis application.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of abottle, partly broken away, the same being shown asit appears before sealing; Fig. 2 is a similar view, the bottle beingproperly sealed; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the closure; Fig. 4 is atop plan view of the said closure as it appears when sealed; Fig. 5 is asimilar view of the metallic cap attached thereto; and Fig. 6 is a sideelevational view of said cap.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein is illustratedthe pro Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3%), 1915.

Serial No. 798,033.

ferred form of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a bottle of anyordinary type having the usual neck 2 projecting from the top thereof.An annular flange 3 is formed upon the periphery of the neck near itstop, the purpose of which will subsequently appear.

A plurality of pointed tongues t are formed integrally with and arran edupon the top of the neck portion 2 of the bottle. the same adapted to bebent after the bottle has been originally filled. until the points ofthe said tongues meet as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.After being bent in this manner, the said tongues are hermeticallysealed together. therebv rendering a refilling of the bottle im ossiblewithout breaking or otherwise mutilating the said 7 tongues to such anextent as to make any fraudulent refilling apparent. The material ofwhich the closure is composed is left to the manufacturer.but in thepreferred form, the same material of which the bottle is made, isemployed, the bending of the tongues being accomplished bv heating thesaid tongues with a blow-pipe and subseouentlv bending the tongues untilthe points thereof meet. as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The usualopening 5 is formed within the neck 2 of the bottle. within which a corkstopper is inserted before the sealing operation of the tongue, thisarrangement preventing the entrance of broken glass or other materialinto the interior of the bottle during the unsealing thereof.

As a further preventive of fraudulent reuse of the bottle, a metalliccap is provided, the said cap comprising a pair of transverselyextending arms 6 adapted to conform to the contour of the closure overwhich the said cap is placed, the lower extremity of the arms being bentas at 7 to fit beneath a shoulder 8 formed beneath the said closure, andhaving formed integrally therewith a metallic band or collar 9 adaptedto be fastened around that portion of the bottle neck between the saidshoulder 8 and the annular flange 3, through the medium of a tongue 10and head 11 formed upon the end thereof, the said head fitting within anopening formed within the opposite end of the band from that of thetongue 10. This arrangement of the cap will prevent a removal thereofwithout breaking either the tongue 10 or the arm 6, and will further inrefillable bottle.

It will be seen from the above, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, that access cannot be had to the stopper withoutfirst breaking one or more of the tongues 4; that the metallic capcannot be removed without mutilating or breaking a portion thereof; andby hermetically seal-..

ing the tongues, access to the interior of the bottle cannot be hadafter such sealing is once effected.

It will be understood that the above description and the accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of myinvention, and that various minor changes in the details ofconstruction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be made Within thescope of the appended claim, and without sacrificing any of theadvantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my inven -i tion, I declare that what Iclaim is A closure for bottles comprising in com MOTT KEISLAR.

Witnesses:

V J. A. INeLIs, C. .ALDnroH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

